Pride of London - stopped brewing

ajb

Hi, I am 3 days into my brew and the bubbles from the fermenting seemed to of stopped. The thermometer sticker says 22oC my external thermometer (between the bucket handle and the container says 20oc so the temp seems ok. Any ideas? should I up the temp?

HBO_Staff

This sounds as though it is fermenting nicely, any initial progress at this temperature may be faster, but then it will slow down and finish steadily. The only true way to tell is to take a hydrometer reading which should be getting down toward what the instructions give as a guide, once it has definitely stopped and the reading is low with no signs of any bubbles rising to the surface of the liquid, it will then be ready to move on to the next stage. The brewing temperature of around 20 degrees is about right for most brews